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"Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn"
@ProfSteveKeen has been pointing out the flaws in William Nordhaus fatally flawed DICE model for a very long time. They should now give that prize to Steve Keen.
1/🧵theguardian.com/environment/20…
@ProfSteveKeen has been pointing out the flaws in William Nordhaus fatally flawed DICE model for a very long time. They should now give that prize to Steve Keen.
1/🧵theguardian.com/environment/20…
I have been pointing out that the climate crisis will crash the global economy, for over 3 decades. However, I lacked @ProfSteveKeen economics expertise, to explain why, in economic terms. My analysis was derived from ecology and systems theory.
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It was only when I read @ProfSteveKeen systematic demolition of William Nordhaus' intellectually dishonest DICE model, that I realized why governments had been. misled to believe the impacts of climate change on our system, would be slight.
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Xiaomi 17 Ultra is awesome. 🔥
It is a bit different compared to prior flagship phones from this brand, especially in terms of the overall camera tuning and how solid it feels to hold.
For instance, that continuous periscope telephoto lens (75-100 mm) is truly impressive.
Even though this phone is not perfect, I'd say it has a huge potential.
After using this phone as my daily driver for a month, here's what I think about this phone in detail. 👇
It is a bit different compared to prior flagship phones from this brand, especially in terms of the overall camera tuning and how solid it feels to hold.
For instance, that continuous periscope telephoto lens (75-100 mm) is truly impressive.
Even though this phone is not perfect, I'd say it has a huge potential.
After using this phone as my daily driver for a month, here's what I think about this phone in detail. 👇
Part 1:
Camera 📸
The strongest part about the Xiaomi 17 Ultra is definitely the photography experience.
Pros:
✅ Incredible overall main camera photography performance, one of the best I've used yet.
✅ The continuous periscope telephoto lens is extremely reliable, and it is among the most powerful out there right now.
✅ I see a huge improvement in detail preservation, noise handling, and highlight control, especially at night.
✅ The new "Scene Card" options are finally here, and you can choose five different scene options here (including true auto/off).
✅ That artistic "Leica-feel" when capturing street photography photos is still there, and I love that style.
✅ Video quality is mostly decent. The level of detail is decent, noise handling is great, and the highlight control is excellent.
✅ The camera app looks nice, pretty user-friendly, and extremely rich in features.
✅ The selfie camera has been improved.
Cons:
🚫 Aspects like white balance, colour tuning (including skin tones), and exposure control are quite unreliable, especially in mixed lighting conditions.
🚫 The minimum focusing distance for the telephoto lens is quite far (~30 cm), so you have to use a higher zoom level to capture macro photos using this lens.
🚫 The video performance is quite underwhelming for a flagship phone. The colour tuning is not reliable, the exposure control is inconsistent, and it is prone to frame-drops.
🚫 The lens-switching transition is bad in the photo mode, and it is not good enough in the video mode.
🚫 It's understandable that they have to compromise the ultra-wide sensor for large primary sensors, but the image processing isn't helping much.
🚫 There's nothing special about its selfie camera, especially for a high-end phone.
Even with its disadvantages, I've never felt this happy when using the auto mode on a Xiaomi phone for taking photos before.
That's why I can comfortably use this phone's camera for photography every day now.
And because of how easy it is to fix some of those existing problems with a software update, its potential is extremely high.
Camera 📸
The strongest part about the Xiaomi 17 Ultra is definitely the photography experience.
Pros:
✅ Incredible overall main camera photography performance, one of the best I've used yet.
✅ The continuous periscope telephoto lens is extremely reliable, and it is among the most powerful out there right now.
✅ I see a huge improvement in detail preservation, noise handling, and highlight control, especially at night.
✅ The new "Scene Card" options are finally here, and you can choose five different scene options here (including true auto/off).
✅ That artistic "Leica-feel" when capturing street photography photos is still there, and I love that style.
✅ Video quality is mostly decent. The level of detail is decent, noise handling is great, and the highlight control is excellent.
✅ The camera app looks nice, pretty user-friendly, and extremely rich in features.
✅ The selfie camera has been improved.
Cons:
🚫 Aspects like white balance, colour tuning (including skin tones), and exposure control are quite unreliable, especially in mixed lighting conditions.
🚫 The minimum focusing distance for the telephoto lens is quite far (~30 cm), so you have to use a higher zoom level to capture macro photos using this lens.
🚫 The video performance is quite underwhelming for a flagship phone. The colour tuning is not reliable, the exposure control is inconsistent, and it is prone to frame-drops.
🚫 The lens-switching transition is bad in the photo mode, and it is not good enough in the video mode.
🚫 It's understandable that they have to compromise the ultra-wide sensor for large primary sensors, but the image processing isn't helping much.
🚫 There's nothing special about its selfie camera, especially for a high-end phone.
Even with its disadvantages, I've never felt this happy when using the auto mode on a Xiaomi phone for taking photos before.
That's why I can comfortably use this phone's camera for photography every day now.
And because of how easy it is to fix some of those existing problems with a software update, its potential is extremely high.
Part 2:
Design & Display 🤳
Pros:
✅ The design has been improved in terms of the look, in-hand feel, and how solid it is compared to prior Xiaomi phones.
✅ The phone's body is thinner now, which contributes to how nice it feels to hold
✅ The green colour is very eye-catching, especially with that starry pattern on the back cover.
✅ An unpopular opinion, but I love the circular volume buttons here. Reminds me of one of those older iPhones.
✅ The bezels are super thin and symmetrical.
✅ The flat display is bigger now, and it looks great. Vibrant, sharp, and visually comfortable, albeit with a downgrade in resolution (1.5K vs 2K).
✅ The display gets extremely bright and that brightness does not throttle easily.
Cons:
🚫 The use of plastic (fibreglass) on the rear side is not what I prefer for a flagship phone.
🚫 The way they designed this phone makes it feel a bit sharp to hold, even when compared to other phones with the same flat edges.
🚫 I don't have a big problem if a phone is heavy on paper, but the 17 Ultra's weight distribution is just not that good.
Design & Display 🤳
Pros:
✅ The design has been improved in terms of the look, in-hand feel, and how solid it is compared to prior Xiaomi phones.
✅ The phone's body is thinner now, which contributes to how nice it feels to hold
✅ The green colour is very eye-catching, especially with that starry pattern on the back cover.
✅ An unpopular opinion, but I love the circular volume buttons here. Reminds me of one of those older iPhones.
✅ The bezels are super thin and symmetrical.
✅ The flat display is bigger now, and it looks great. Vibrant, sharp, and visually comfortable, albeit with a downgrade in resolution (1.5K vs 2K).
✅ The display gets extremely bright and that brightness does not throttle easily.
Cons:
🚫 The use of plastic (fibreglass) on the rear side is not what I prefer for a flagship phone.
🚫 The way they designed this phone makes it feel a bit sharp to hold, even when compared to other phones with the same flat edges.
🚫 I don't have a big problem if a phone is heavy on paper, but the 17 Ultra's weight distribution is just not that good.
Sintana Energy has officially resolved its legacy Colombian arbitration with ExxonMobil for $9M:
- $3M cash payment within 60 days.
- $6M due by Q4 2026, pending regulatory sign-off.
This capital funds Sintana's share of upcoming 2026-2027 drilling.
$SEI.V $SEI.L
- $3M cash payment within 60 days.
- $6M due by Q4 2026, pending regulatory sign-off.
This capital funds Sintana's share of upcoming 2026-2027 drilling.
$SEI.V $SEI.L
In Namibia, Chevron is moving toward a massive campaign:
- #PEL82: The "Gemsbok" exploration well is planned for 2026-2027. Sintana is carried.
- #PEL90: Another exploration well is in preparation and could be completed in 2026. Sintana isn't carried.
- #PEL82: The "Gemsbok" exploration well is planned for 2026-2027. Sintana is carried.
- #PEL90: Another exploration well is in preparation and could be completed in 2026. Sintana isn't carried.
In parallel, TotalEnergies and Galp are accelerating the Orange Basin development with meetings with the Namibian President.
Total is pushing for a FID on Venus by year-end, while preparing a multi-well appraisal program at Mopane that could begin this year to delineate the scale
Total is pushing for a FID on Venus by year-end, while preparing a multi-well appraisal program at Mopane that could begin this year to delineate the scale
Good morning. Today we will be live-tweeting the third (and final) day of hearings in the Judicial Review brought by @ForWomenScot against @ScotGov in relation to their prisons policy. The hearing will begin at 10.00am
Our substack page about the case is and includes our tweeting of the earlier days of the hearing.tribunaltweets.substack.com/p/fws-vs-scott…
The Scottish Ministers will be continuing their arguments today.
My @spectator article on polar bears>
The BBC reported terrible news last week about polar bears: they are thriving. This is very annoying of them as it goes against the interests of environmental activists, polar bears being the clickbait of climate change cataclysm.
The BBC reported terrible news last week about polar bears: they are thriving. This is very annoying of them as it goes against the interests of environmental activists, polar bears being the clickbait of climate change cataclysm.
In Svalbard bear numbers have been steadily increasing. Surprisingly, they are also getting fatter, despite a decline in sea-ice cover in the area, especially in autumn. Even more unexpectedly, the bears are fattest in or after years when the sea ice retreats farthest.
The increasing numbers are caused by the fact that bears were hunted for their skins until 1973, after which they were a protected species. But this cannot explain the increase in their girth.
This study does not tell us what exactly causes long COVID or ME/CFS, nor does it test clinical symptoms like PEM.
But it may tell us something just as important - what type of biological problem this likely is..🧵
But it may tell us something just as important - what type of biological problem this likely is..🧵
The authors isolated immunoglobulins (IgG) from people with post-infectious ME/CFS, including post-COVID ME/CFS, and tested what these antibodies do to healthy cells.
In a subset of patients, these IgG alter the behavior of endothelial cells and their mitochondria.
Not by killing the cells or shutting down ATP production.
Not by killing the cells or shutting down ATP production.
SitRep - 04/02/26 - A new round of talks in Abu Dhabi
An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. In Abu Dhabi, a new round of talks between Ukraine, US and Russia was held. Possibly leading (only) to a POW exchange.
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An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. In Abu Dhabi, a new round of talks between Ukraine, US and Russia was held. Possibly leading (only) to a POW exchange.
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As usual we start with Russian losses
1/4 This must be read.
Ukrainians on Threads are sharing moments from the war that broke them — moments they will carry for the rest of their lives.
This is the reality of war. This pain must be heard.
Below are translations.
1.“To fellow soldiers: is there something that broke you during the war? (No jokes)
I’ll start.
Shooting animals on your position because they expose it — meaning it’s either them, or you, because of them.” 💔
2.“You’re lying in a shallow trench, looking into the eyes of a wounded man five meters away, out on the street.
A drone is hanging above him, waiting — for someone to crawl out to him, or for him to try to crawl to cover.
And you both understand it. That’s why he doesn’t move.
He just lies there, bleeding, looking at me.
He died.
And I never managed to help him.”
3.“When permission is given to identify a body so the family won’t have to provide DNA — because all that remains is a burned fragment.
When you’re forced to leave in a hurry, animals scatter in panic and you can’t take them with you.
In the last five minutes, under explosions, you call out to them — but they stay hidden. And remain there forever.”
4.“When a pregnant wife of a fellow soldier — who happens to have your number — texts asking how her husband is, because he hasn’t been in touch for a day.
And ten minutes before her message, you already learned that her husband was torn apart by an artillery shell.
You look at the phone screen, powerless.”
Ukrainians on Threads are sharing moments from the war that broke them — moments they will carry for the rest of their lives.
This is the reality of war. This pain must be heard.
Below are translations.
1.“To fellow soldiers: is there something that broke you during the war? (No jokes)
I’ll start.
Shooting animals on your position because they expose it — meaning it’s either them, or you, because of them.” 💔
2.“You’re lying in a shallow trench, looking into the eyes of a wounded man five meters away, out on the street.
A drone is hanging above him, waiting — for someone to crawl out to him, or for him to try to crawl to cover.
And you both understand it. That’s why he doesn’t move.
He just lies there, bleeding, looking at me.
He died.
And I never managed to help him.”
3.“When permission is given to identify a body so the family won’t have to provide DNA — because all that remains is a burned fragment.
When you’re forced to leave in a hurry, animals scatter in panic and you can’t take them with you.
In the last five minutes, under explosions, you call out to them — but they stay hidden. And remain there forever.”
4.“When a pregnant wife of a fellow soldier — who happens to have your number — texts asking how her husband is, because he hasn’t been in touch for a day.
And ten minutes before her message, you already learned that her husband was torn apart by an artillery shell.
You look at the phone screen, powerless.”
5. “I’m a soldier’s sister. Sometimes my brother wouldn’t be in touch for three or four months. But his comrade Artur would message me once a week, saying my brother was alive, that everything was okay, that he was bringing them food to their positions.
I waited for those messages. I was deeply grateful to him for letting me know.
Then there were almost two months with no news. My brother finally got in touch.
Artur never did again.”
6. “My dad is at war. When my second child was born, he came home for a few days with two fellow soldiers.
He sat there, holding his newborn granddaughter in his arms.
Then someone called him. He stepped out of the room.
A few minutes later he came back completely different. Silent. He didn’t hold her again.
When he was leaving and saying goodbye, he said:
‘The three guys who arrived today to replace us… all three were killed at our position.’
I had never seen my father like that before.”
7. “When a man shоt himself because his wounds were too severe and he didn’t want to be a burden on the assault group — they were wounded too. Evacuation was impossible.
During the assault, he was wounded but stayed behind to cover the retreat and save his comrades.
The last words the guys heard from him were: ‘Slava Ukraini.’
These are stories from my brigade. We live in the time of real heroes.”
8. “I put my comrade into the car while he was still alive.
By the time I reached the medics, he was already gone.”
I waited for those messages. I was deeply grateful to him for letting me know.
Then there were almost two months with no news. My brother finally got in touch.
Artur never did again.”
6. “My dad is at war. When my second child was born, he came home for a few days with two fellow soldiers.
He sat there, holding his newborn granddaughter in his arms.
Then someone called him. He stepped out of the room.
A few minutes later he came back completely different. Silent. He didn’t hold her again.
When he was leaving and saying goodbye, he said:
‘The three guys who arrived today to replace us… all three were killed at our position.’
I had never seen my father like that before.”
7. “When a man shоt himself because his wounds were too severe and he didn’t want to be a burden on the assault group — they were wounded too. Evacuation was impossible.
During the assault, he was wounded but stayed behind to cover the retreat and save his comrades.
The last words the guys heard from him were: ‘Slava Ukraini.’
These are stories from my brigade. We live in the time of real heroes.”
8. “I put my comrade into the car while he was still alive.
By the time I reached the medics, he was already gone.”
9. “This thread is unbearably painful.
My dad said the worst moment was back in 2022, when there were strikes on the airfield. They were trapped in a basement, unable to get out because a hangar above was on fire and the exit was blocked. They were waiting for firefighters.
While the fire was being put out, there was another strike. A firefighter was killed — a 22-year-old woman.
My dad’s words: ‘We came out, and there she was lying there — a girl, like my own child, even younger. She was trying to save us…’
The tears came on their own. Her poor parents.”
10. “A soldier’s mother crying over his almost empty coffin.”
11. “Once I was washing pieces of human brain out of a wounded soldier’s boot.
The brain belonged to his comrade.”
12. “During training, you look at the guys and realize that half of them won’t survive.
One of them had a daughter born two weeks before graduation. He wrote a request for leave — it was denied.
We took photos together and were sent to our units.
A week later, he was gone. He never saw his daughter.”
My dad said the worst moment was back in 2022, when there were strikes on the airfield. They were trapped in a basement, unable to get out because a hangar above was on fire and the exit was blocked. They were waiting for firefighters.
While the fire was being put out, there was another strike. A firefighter was killed — a 22-year-old woman.
My dad’s words: ‘We came out, and there she was lying there — a girl, like my own child, even younger. She was trying to save us…’
The tears came on their own. Her poor parents.”
10. “A soldier’s mother crying over his almost empty coffin.”
11. “Once I was washing pieces of human brain out of a wounded soldier’s boot.
The brain belonged to his comrade.”
12. “During training, you look at the guys and realize that half of them won’t survive.
One of them had a daughter born two weeks before graduation. He wrote a request for leave — it was denied.
We took photos together and were sent to our units.
A week later, he was gone. He never saw his daughter.”
Started a week ago, not knowing how to write a single line of code
I wanted to read the Bhagavad Gita daily, but couldn't find an app that felt right. So I built one.
Ended with a full iOS app live @10minutegita on the App Store:
→ 239 daily readings of the Bhagavad Gita
→ Original Sanskrit shlokas + transliteration
→ Verse-by-verse translations & commentary
→ Personal daily reflections
→ Streak tracking with calendar heatmap
→ Shareable verse cards with 8 gradient themes
→ Hindi & English bilingual support
→ Light/dark mode, adjustable fonts
→ Completely offline after download
Total cost: $200 Claude Max Subscription + $20 ChatGPT Pro Subscription + $99 Apple Developer fee
Lines of code I wrote: 0
Claude Code wrote everything. I just described what I wanted in plain English (non-technical background). Codex reviewed it. Now it's live on the App Store.
The barrier to building isn't coding anymore. It's just knowing what problem you want solved.
Links & Full Process in 🧵↓
Built with @AnthropicAI's Claude Code
I wanted to read the Bhagavad Gita daily, but couldn't find an app that felt right. So I built one.
Ended with a full iOS app live @10minutegita on the App Store:
→ 239 daily readings of the Bhagavad Gita
→ Original Sanskrit shlokas + transliteration
→ Verse-by-verse translations & commentary
→ Personal daily reflections
→ Streak tracking with calendar heatmap
→ Shareable verse cards with 8 gradient themes
→ Hindi & English bilingual support
→ Light/dark mode, adjustable fonts
→ Completely offline after download
Total cost: $200 Claude Max Subscription + $20 ChatGPT Pro Subscription + $99 Apple Developer fee
Lines of code I wrote: 0
Claude Code wrote everything. I just described what I wanted in plain English (non-technical background). Codex reviewed it. Now it's live on the App Store.
The barrier to building isn't coding anymore. It's just knowing what problem you want solved.
Links & Full Process in 🧵↓
Built with @AnthropicAI's Claude Code
📱 iOS App Store (iPhone & iPad): apps.apple.com/tr/app/10-minu…
🌐 Landing: am1403x.github.io/ten-minute-git…
👨💻 Code: github.com/AM1403x/ten-mi… (licensed)
If this is of value to you, I'd appreciate it if you downloaded the app & let me know your feedback. Process attached below
DM me if you want help building something similar.
🌐 Landing: am1403x.github.io/ten-minute-git…
👨💻 Code: github.com/AM1403x/ten-mi… (licensed)
If this is of value to you, I'd appreciate it if you downloaded the app & let me know your feedback. Process attached below
DM me if you want help building something similar.
What Claude Code actually did:
• Created 50+ files with React Native, Expo Router, TypeScript
• Set up file-based routing, state management, and AsyncStorage
• Wrote & validated 239 snippets in English and Hindi
• Ran 20+ parallel agents to fix Hindi data quality issues
• Built a share card generator from scratch
• Fixed bugs when I just pasted screenshots
• Set up GitHub Actions CI/CD
• Prepared App Store metadata and submission
I gave directions. It wrote every line.
• Created 50+ files with React Native, Expo Router, TypeScript
• Set up file-based routing, state management, and AsyncStorage
• Wrote & validated 239 snippets in English and Hindi
• Ran 20+ parallel agents to fix Hindi data quality issues
• Built a share card generator from scratch
• Fixed bugs when I just pasted screenshots
• Set up GitHub Actions CI/CD
• Prepared App Store metadata and submission
I gave directions. It wrote every line.
The Kremlin directly runs cyberattacks against the West.
Russia’s military intelligence (GRU) created, funded, and directed CyberArmyofRussia_Reborn, which attacked US and European critical infrastructure. One of the member is being tried in US court — Kyiv Independent. 1/
Russia’s military intelligence (GRU) created, funded, and directed CyberArmyofRussia_Reborn, which attacked US and European critical infrastructure. One of the member is being tried in US court — Kyiv Independent. 1/
In January 2024, Russian hackers remotely sabotaged the water system of Muleshoe, Texas.
They disabled sensors so tanks overflowed. The attackers later posted control-room footage on Telegram, openly claiming responsibility. 2/
They disabled sensors so tanks overflowed. The attackers later posted control-room footage on Telegram, openly claiming responsibility. 2/
The US Justice Department says CARR operated under GRU command.
A GRU officer selected targets, paid for hacking services, and coordinated operations. “Hacktivism” served as cover for state-run cyber operations. 3/
A GRU officer selected targets, paid for hacking services, and coordinated operations. “Hacktivism” served as cover for state-run cyber operations. 3/
I have been interviewing a number of regional military experts on significance of Turkey's deployment of three F-16 Vipers in Somalia and here is the gist of the broad consensus:
💠F-16s are powerful tools designed for sophisticated, conventional conflict. Lethal in degrading static enemy frontlines, assets, defences, installations. In rural and urban asymmetric warfare, where there is no fixed frontline, their efficacy 'highly circumscribed.' F-16s are labour intensive, medium-range, require more fuel, special runways. One expert says drones are cheaper, perhaps more effective and versatile than F-16s in the type of guerilla warfare now raging in Somalia.
💠F-16s are powerful tools designed for sophisticated, conventional conflict. Lethal in degrading static enemy frontlines, assets, defences, installations. In rural and urban asymmetric warfare, where there is no fixed frontline, their efficacy 'highly circumscribed.' F-16s are labour intensive, medium-range, require more fuel, special runways. One expert says drones are cheaper, perhaps more effective and versatile than F-16s in the type of guerilla warfare now raging in Somalia.
💠As tools for interdicting unauthorised aircraft/deter airspace intrusion they could be effective, and are specially designed for 'dog fights.' But 3 F-16s cannot effectively police a large airspace, and even less enforce a 'no-fly zone.' That would require a larger fleet, a network of runways and logistical hubs to repair, refit, refuel, in addition to greater manpower.
💠The main purpose for the deployment of the F-16s is to respond quickly to specific conventional ground and aerial threats against specific strategic/key installations, troop positions. In tandem with helicopter gunships, F-16s can deliver massive kinetic force and with extraordinary speed.
